The Overland to China

About the Book: - 'This book recounts the journey of the author undertaken in 1898-99 from European Russia to Peking (from the Baltic Sea to Gulf of Tonking). This was the time when the Trans Siberian railway has just been inaugurated and the whole of Northern Asia was pregnant with political and commercial possibilities. The author traveled on this railway till lake Baikal an thence made his way to Peking via camel, cart, mules, boat, pony and sedan chair, and took him seven months. The author had made many journeys to the North and South China in the past 20 years and served as the Times correspondent in Tongking in 1896-97. This work is his attempt to give the reader a series of impressions of the political and physical conditions that arose with the building of the railway. The book has 20 chapters many photographs and illustrations 4 maps. About the Author: - Archibald Ross Colquhoun was a British explorer and the first Administrator of Southern Rhodesia. He held office from October 1890 until September 1892, the period of the founding of Fort Salisbury (now Harare) after the arrival of the Pioneer Column. At this time the administrator's jurisdiction covered Mashonaland only, as Matabeleland was annexed in 1893. He was also acting Chief Magistrate of Southern Rhodesia between 24th July 1891 and 18th September 1891. In the 1880s he took part in several exploratory expeditions to Burma, Indo-China and southern China, for which he was awarded the 1884 Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. He left for South Africa in 1889. After his term of office as Administrator in Southern Rhodesia he settled in the United Kingdom, but continued to travel. From 1900–1901, he and his new wife Ethel travelled in the Pacific —the Dutch East Indies, Borneo, Philippines, Japan — returning to England via Siberia. From 1902 to 1903, he travelled in the West Indies, Central America and the United States. During 1904 and 1905, he returned temporarily to Rhodesia. The Title 'The ‘Overland’ to China written/authored/edited by Archibald R. Colquhoun', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9789353245528 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 487 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Facsimile Publisher. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-